Scion killed.. what will you do?

[86geek]

Originally Posted by Tcoat

It will mean absolutely zero in the big scheme of things. It is just a badge.
The changes to the 17 (if substantial) will have a far greater impact on the first gen values that the badging ever will.
It isn't like Scion actually made the bloody things it is just a Toyota with some stick on plates.
The only thing that is likely is the price of the 17s up just jumped a couple of thousand dollars for no real reason other than Toyota.

Yup, yup and then more yups!

[86geek]

Originally Posted by weederr33

Who cares about the car! What about the employees who have to reapply for their jobs?!

Here in Hawaii the Scion dealerships are owned by Servco Hawaii which also owns the Toyota dealership in this state. BTW Servco Hawaii isn't part of Toyota USA. The Scion employees won't be losing their jobs, they'll just be going to the Toyota dealerships.

I'll do nothing in terms of Scion being dumped as a brand.
My car will continued to be serviced by Servco Hawaii. My FRS isn't the first Scion I owned. I look forward to modding my sexy FRS.

[DarkPhoenix]

I just think there's a lot of overreaction going on here. You bought a car. The car has a certain value. That value isn't likely to drastically change within the next few years. Typically, when car values change that significantly, it's over a period of time. There's a lot of fuss over nothing.

Enjoy your FR-S. Nothing is going to change for you right now.

[Mr.Impreza]

We will put your hands up and our drinks up and party all night!!!

[zigzagz94]

Good. Maybe now they'll finally slap the Celica badge on it that it should've had from the start.

It could be a great marketing move. Refreshed body, new name, higher price. Win/Win for Toyota.

[NARFALICIOUS]

Originally Posted by Tcoat

If I recall from the Press Release we are talking like 20 -25people here. Ya it would suck but I know local restaurants that closed and threw more people than that out of work.
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Scion employees will be given new positions elsewhere in the company.

FYI Toyota, "Lexus", and "Scion" employees all work under the same roof and get a paycheck from Toyota.

[dnieves]

Originally Posted by DarkPhoenix

Considering that's just a 400 error, I wouldn't think that's intentional. It may be getting hit with more traffic than they thought and they've got a server error occurring.

In fact, it's a cookie error. Delete your cookies and it'll be fine and load properly. The site isn't down.

If they were taking it down, I'd expect them to redirect it at the least - no company wants to lose that sort of traffic.

IE issue, Chrome and Safari to the rescue.

[Tcoat]

Originally Posted by NARFALICIOUS

Scion employees will be given new positions elsewhere in the company.

FYI Toyota, "Lexus", and "Scion" employees all work under the same roof and get a paycheck from Toyota.

If they wish to relocate as per the press release. My whole point was that20 people is not a huge impact.

[raven1231]

OMG!!! Should I seek my FRS guys? Oh wait...

[Dadhawk]

Originally Posted by Tcoat

If I recall from the Press Release we are talking like 20 -25people here. ....

You are correct. When the 1st86 went to Long Beach we got to tour Scion Central. I was amazed at how small it was. Most of the employees were call center/service type persons. I probably shook hands with 2/3rds of the Scion corporate employees at the time.

[pLaydEad86]

Blows my mind that people actually think that the fr-s is a true scion car like the TC, xb, xd, iA, iM. It's a rebranded gt86 for fuck's sake and the only thing that is "Scion" on the car are the badges. Why should i panic about scion closing when in the first place my car should have been branded as a toyota. Smh

[Tcoat]

Originally Posted by pLaydEad86

Blows my mind that people actually think that the fr-s is a true scion car like the TC, xb, xd, iA, iM. It's a rebranded gt86 for fuck's sake and the only thing that is "Scion" on the car are the badges. Why should i panic about scion closing when in the first place my car should have been branded as a toyota. Smh

AMEN!!!
I must have typed something along that line 50 times yesterday. A badge change is just that a change in badges. The car remains the same as always.

[NARFALICIOUS]

Originally Posted by Tcoat

If they wish to relocate as per the press release. My whole point was that20 people is not a huge impact.

Theyre already in the same building. Scion is more or less an internal department, HR-wise. It should be more considered that their position is obsolete, not similar to a retail merger at all.
The HQ is relocating to Plano TX. So all employees who work in Torrance, Toyota or Lexus will have to relocate if they wish t stay on.
There are regional sales offices accross the country which won't move.

[DarkPhoenix]

Originally Posted by dnieves

IE issue, Chrome and Safari to the rescue.

Incorrect. I was using Chrome when I got the error myself. I simply cleared all cookies for *.scion.com and it was resolved.

I do not touch IE unless I am forced to for work (and even then, we don't officially support it).